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2014

December 17

8th International Conference on Migration and Development will take place on June 8-9, 2015 in Washington, DC.

The French Development Agency (AFD) Research Department, the World Bank Development Research Group (DECRG), and the Center for Global Development (CGD) are jointly organizing the 8th International Conference on Migration and Development. The conference is devoted to investigating ways in which international migration affects economic and social change in developing countries. Possible topics include the effects of migration on poverty, inequality, and human capital formation; social networks and migration; diaspora externalities; remittances; brain drain; migration and institutional/technological change.

The Best New Research from across the Bank: Winners of the 2014 Research AcademyThe Research Academy identifies and shares the findings of the best new policy-relevant research from across the World Bank Group. The 2014 Academy was sponsored jointly by the Research Director, Asli Demirguc-Kunt, and the Global Practices Chief Economist, Jeffrey Lewis.More >>

October 29

Private Sector Development Policy Innovation LabThe goal of the Policy Innovation Lab is to involve researchers (internal and external to the World Bank) in creating "off-the-shelf" policy instruments for policy makers and World Bank task team leaders (TTLs).More »

World Bank Economists Win the Journal of Development Studies' Dudley Seers Prize Dominique Van De Walle and Ren Mu won the prize for their paper titled, “Rural Roads and Local Market Development in Vietnam.” Development Research Group's Michael Woolcock and Vijayendra Rao (along with Simon Sretzer) won an honorable mention for their paper, “How and Why Does History Matter for Development Policy?” The announcements will be in the journal's November issue.

Martin Ravallionawarded 2011 John Kenneth Galbraith Award "for outstanding contributions to humanity through leadership, research and service" at the annual conference of the Agricultural and Applied Economics Association. Martin donated the award's prize money to an AAEA fund to finance travel costs for students from developing countries attending future AAEA conferences. (Video interview by AAEA with Mr. Ravallion)

Will J. Martin - Appointed Distinguished Fellow of the Australian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society, in recognition of his many contributions to the economics of agriculture and trade policy.

April

Maureen Cropper elected to membership in the U.S. National Academy of Sciences along with 71 others in recognition of their distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.Press release>>